{"id":70,"date":"2011-01-22T16:31:26","date_gmt":"2011-01-22T03:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielkbrown.com\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2015-05-31T13:38:38","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T00:38:38","slug":"reflections","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.danielkbrown.com\/?page_id=70","title":{"rendered":"Daniel K. Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PERSONAL STATEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-323\" title=\"Daniel small\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.danielkbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Daniel-small.jpg\" width=\"148\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.danielkbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Daniel-small.jpg 227w, http:\/\/www.danielkbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Daniel-small-121x150.jpg 121w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/>Each of my works directly implicates architecture. The primary\u00a0objective of my work is to address the expression of architectural\u00a0narrative through designs that challenge the very nature of what architecture\u00a0is. The largest of the installations redefine public urban\u00a0sites as architectural interiors through the integration of fire, water,\u00a0shadow and reflection as spatial definers. History and mythology\u00a0become the inhabitants as well as the architectural program in the\u00a0transformation. In the smaller works, even vessels of glass are challenged\u00a0to act as architectural spaces or spatial definers, inhabited by\u00a0mythology.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The themes are selected from issues at the forefront of a site\u2019s historical\u00a0and mythological context, while the points of view represent\u00a0critical perspectives drawn from the site\u2019s cultural framework. The\u00a0resulting narratives directly challenge our perception of our environment\u00a0as well as its inhabitants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In literature, poetry, music, dance, theatre and film, narrative enables\u00a0unique points of view to be communicated across a time continuum,\u00a0moving us through a range of transforming emotions, human responses\u00a0and resulting levels of understanding. Architecture can be\u00a0conceived as narrative when it, like literature and dance, invites the\u00a0shifting of perception through time as we move through space. By\u00a0challenging architecture to tell a story, the art of architecture becomes a compelling vehicle\u00a0for imparting lessons of cultural understanding and translating cultural\u00a0imperatives.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Architectural narrative is cross-disciplinary, simultaneously challenging\u00a0and re-interpreting design theory from the perspective of\u00a0linguistics, psychology, social and cultural theory. It challenges the\u00a0fundamental objectives of three-dimensional design in terms of personal perception, transformation over time, social\u00a0awareness, as well as cultural identity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">These works are conceived to push the boundaries of how architecture is traditionally\u00a0defined, questioning its very nature and actively challenging presumptive\u00a0definitions, prescriptions and limitations of the discipline.\u00a0They enter the international public arena by transforming a site\u00a0for a month or for just an evening \u2013 then returning to the presumptive\u00a0state once more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The largest of the sites has been a half kilometre length of river in\u00a0the heart of Rome; the smallest an apothecary jar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Photo Above \u00a9 Robert Cross<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PERSONAL STATEMENT Each of my works directly implicates architecture. The primary\u00a0objective of my work is to address the expression of architectural\u00a0narrative through designs that challenge the very nature of what architecture\u00a0is. The largest of the installations redefine public urban\u00a0sites as architectural interiors through the integration of fire, water,\u00a0shadow and reflection as spatial definers. History and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.danielkbrown.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.danielkbrown.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.danielkbrown.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.danielkbrown.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.danielkbrown.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":79,"href":"http:\/\/www.danielkbrown.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102,"href":"http:\/\/www.danielkbrown.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions\/102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.danielkbrown.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}